Since 2003, Pinault has been the President of Groupe Artémis, , the parent company of Kering, and owner of the winery Château Latour, the auction house Christie's, and the football team Stade Rennais FC
Groupe Artémis acquired the Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 2005
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"My sincere wish is that the contemporary art center, consisting of Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, shall remain truly contemporary. "François Pinault
"VENICE, ITALY - APRIL 08: The British artist Thomas Houseago attends the press preview of "Elogio del Dubbio" at Punta della Dogana on April 8, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The exhibition will open from April 10, 2011 to December 31, 2012.
(Photo by Barbara Zanon/Getty Images)"
Martin Kersels and Thomas Houseago attend THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 2010 Biennial Artist Council Artist's Party at MxCo on February 22, 2010 in New York
PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 04: (L-R) Francois Pinault and Artist Thomas Houseago attend the 'Picasso Mania' : Press Preview. Held at Grand Palais on October 4, 2015
"VENICE, ITALY - MAY 31: Artist Thomas Houseago attends the preview of 'Il Mondo Vi Appartiene' at Palazzo Grassi on May 31, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The exhibition of works will run from June 2-December 31, 2011. (Photo by Barbara Zanon/Getty Images)"
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"VENICE, ITALY - APRIL 08: The curator Caroline Bourgeois [with Jeff Koons] attends the press preview of "Elogio del Dubbio" at Punta della Dogana on April 8, 2011 in Venice"
"Artist Thomas Houseago, actor-producer Salma Hayek Pinault, wearing Gucci, Kering Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Francois-Henri Pinault, and guest attend 2018 LACMA Art + Film Gala honoring Catherine Opie and Guillermo del Toro "
Who else was there?
"Actor Jared Leto (L), wearing Gucci, and Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele, wearing Gucci, attend 2018 LACMA Art + Film Gala honoring Catherine Opie and Guillermo del Toro presented by Gucci at LACMA on November 3, 2018 "
Joanna Bourke OBE : "Principal Investigator of SHaME (Sexual Harms and Medical Encounters), a Wellcome Trust funding project exploring medical and psychiatric aspects of sexual violence."
Apr. 2024 : " SHaME Director Ruth Beecher sat down with Principal Investigator Joanna Bourke to reflect on two of her groundbreaking works on sexual violence, Rape (2007) and Disgrace (2022), for Women's History Review."
"Timothy Wyllie’s mother, Diana Wyllie, worked for British Intelligence, both in England and Germany before the war and later at Bletchley Park with the Enigma Code-breakers. In British Intelligence during WWII, Diana Wyllie was classified “ULTRA“."..
The Citizen Lab : "We found suspected NSO Pegasus infections associated with 33 of the 36 Pegasus operators we identified in 45 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, France,.."
"A separate operator that appears to focus on Morocco may also be spying on targets in other countries including Algeria, France, and Tunisia. We identify several operators operating in Israel "..